Fodor's Expert Review Armenian Church

Also known as the Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator and dating from 1835, this is one of the city's most elegant and oldest surviving churches. A dozen wealthy Armenian families who had come to Singapore for a better life donated the funds for renowned colonial architect George Coleman to design this church. The main internal circular structure is imposed on a square plan with four projecting porticoes. In the churchyard is the weathered tombstone of Agnes Joaquim, who bred the pink-and-white orchid hybrid that has become Singapore's national flower.